Oenōtrĭa, ae, f., = Οἰνωτρία.
I Lit., the extreme south-eastern part of Italy , in the oldest geography of that country (afterwards the territory of the Bruttians and Lucanians): Oenotria dicta est vel a vino optimo, quod in Italiā nascitur, vel ut Varro dicit ab Oenotro rege Sabinorum. Alii Itali fratrem Oenotrum tradunt ex Arcadiā in Italiam venisse cum Pelasgis et-eam sibi cognominem fuisse, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 532.—
II Transf., poet., Italy , in gen., Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 262; so id. ib. 146.— Hence,
A Oenōtrĭdes , um, f., islands near Velia , Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.—
B Oenō-trĭus , a, um, adj., = Οἰνώτριος, Oenotrian; poet. for Italian , Roman : Oenotria tellus, Verg. A. 7, 85: jura, Sil. 1, 2: tecta, id. 13, 713.—
C Oenōtrus , a, um, adj., = Oenotrius: Oenotri coluere viri, Verg. A. 1, 532: terrae, Sil. 9, 473: orae, id. 8, 221: fines, id. 13, 51.